OK, that makes sense. Maybe they had responsibility for keeping all their state’s radio gear tuned up and on frequency.
On Wed, Jan 1, 2020 at 2:42 PM jimlux <jim...@earthlink.net> wrote: > On 1/1/20 1:27 PM, Jeremy Nichols wrote: > > Wonder why a highway department would have a rubidium standard? > > I'm not sure about one like that, but a frequency standard in the radio > shop wouldn't be surprising for checking radio frequencies, calibrating > electronic distance measuring equipment, etc. > > Of course, today, they'd buy a SR725 or some GPSDO. > > > And it might well have been purchased by the ebay vendor as part of a > lot of surplus gear sold essentially by the pound/ton. > > (of course, the seller has only been on ebay for a few months) > > > > > > > > On Wed, Jan 1, 2020 at 8:18 AM ew via time-nuts < > time-nuts@lists.febo.com> > > wrote: > > > >> There is a HP5065A with date code 28 on ebay looks like new 12 hours to > go > >> > >> Bert Kehren > >> _______________________________________________ > >> time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@lists.febo.com > >> To unsubscribe, go to > >> http://lists.febo.com/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts_lists.febo.com > >> and follow the instructions there. > >> > > > _______________________________________________ > time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@lists.febo.com > To unsubscribe, go to > http://lists.febo.com/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts_lists.febo.com > and follow the instructions there. > -- Jeremy Nichols Sent from my iPad 6. _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@lists.febo.com To unsubscribe, go to http://lists.febo.com/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts_lists.febo.com and follow the instructions there.